Pathology involving the long head of the biceps tendon is a common and significant cause of shoulder pain. For active patients with refractory biceps tendinosis, tenodesis of the tendon to either soft tissue or the humerus is the preferred surgical treatment. Subpectoral biceps tenodesis to the humeral diaphysis with an interference screw has been gaining popularity as an effective method for t...

Introduction The long head of the biceps (LHB) tendon has different loading patterns in its intraand extra-articular regions. The intra-articular region is exposed to complex loads including tension, compression, shear, and frictional forces, while the extra-articular portion is subjected primarily to tensional loads. Previous studies have also shown that the intra-articular region has a more d...

BACKGROUND Bicipital tendinitis is a common cause of anterior shoulder pain, but there is no evidence that acute inflammation of the extra-articular long head of the biceps (LHB) tendon is the root cause of this condition. We evaluated the histologic findings of the extra-articular portion of the LHB tendon and synovial sheath in order to compare those findings to known histologic changes seen ...

Tendon-related disorders are a common condition in both sports medicine and orthopedic clinical practice. Ultrasonography, power doppler, magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) the most widespread technologies, but use of ultrasound elastography—including strain elastography shear wave elastography—has been increasing last years. The aim this paper is to evaluate tendon-related disorders. Research Pu...

BACKGROUND Chronic supraspinatus tendinopathy is a common clinical problem that causes functional and labor disabilities in the population. It is the most frequent cause of shoulder pain. This pathology may be frequently associated to the affectation of the long head of biceps tendon (LHBT), the main stabilizer of the glenohumeral joint together with the supraspinatus. The main aim of this work...

BACKGROUND The bicipital tunnel is the extra-articular, fibro-osseous structure that encloses the long head of the biceps tendon. METHODS Twelve cadaveric shoulder specimens underwent in situ casting of the bicipital tunnel with methyl methacrylate cement to demonstrate structural competence (n = 6) and en bloc harvest with gross and histologic evaluation (n = 6). The percentage of empty tunn...

This was Presented in 5th International Congress of Iranian Iranian Society of Knee Surgery, Arthroscopy, and Sports Traumatology (ISKAST), 14-17 Feb 2018- Kish, Iran